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  • On the agenda - Week 26, 2012

    - What is the return to investing in higher education? An average OECD member reaps 300% yield, data indicates. Furthermore, in this week’s “On the agenda”: 700,000 students to benefit from Obama’s new immigration policy and research reveals how researchers of tomorrow work.

    What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all over the world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection of the most important topics and items trending in social media.

    Take 1 - Policy

    @OECD Education: Higher education: a good long-term investment? What do OECD education indicators reveal?

    @INTO Network: QS World University rankings are out.

    @ICEF Monitor: 8 countries leading the way in online education.

    Take 2 - Students

    @WES: 700,000 students expected to benefit from new #Obama #immigration policy.

    @CIHE: College for All? Politicians and pundits ramp up questions about value of degrees.

    @BBC Education: In United Kingdom, Number of graduates in basic jobs doubles in five years.

    Take 3 - R&D

    @Research Impact: Researchers of Tomorrow: research behavior of Generation Y doctoral students.

    @University Ghent Research: Dare to think - Scholars need to move from filling gaps to more imaginative and innovative research.

    @Max Planck Society: How tomatoes lost their taste.

    …and this week on ScienceGuideEU

    @ScienceGuideEU: Khan Academy is now offering teachers the ability to access all of their students' data on a 'dashboard'.

    @ScienceGuideEU: Higher education and students, overcoming the communication barrier: Sit down, have a snack.